coke for the toilet???

tim_n

I used to be part of a crack squad of shop reorganisers working for a large stationary group. We were asked nicely to go sort out a local shop and popped in. They had a three week re-organisation plan to impliment. We took over, completed all the work in a half day (shows how lazy the blighters were!) and I got caught out so visited the little boys room.

The loo was absolutely disgusting - I popped across the road and bought some value cola from a tescos and dumped it down the pan before we left that night. Next day we signed in for a management meeting before the shop opened - I popped in, applied a little elbow grease and it shined =D

I was working back at my own shop the next day when the manager debriefed with the glowing report which apparenlty had 'How did they replace the loos without us seeing it?'

Needless to say, I felt smug = )

skylight

I now use baby steralising tablets in the loo. They shift the harder to reach bits around the bowl below the water line, but not good at limescale at the top (Obviously!)

I can find nothing to shift the limescale at the top! Argh!

catznine

Please don't leave the cola in the loo for too long, as a previous poster said it does help lift the limescale and grot but you then have to brush, flush and pop a bit of bleach down! otherwise you will have a stained loo.

Swan_2

Elixir wrote:

Soda crystals....is that the same as Bicarb?

can be very confusing all these chemical names


soda crystals* = washing soda*, you'll find it in the supermarket near cleaning & washing products, it usually comes in a blue plastic bag

bicarbonate of soda = baking soda (not the same as baking powder)


*WARNING! NOT to be confused with caustic soda, which is very corrosive, & dangerous if not handled correctly. there's a recent thread about it HERE

Quasar

Once a week I pour half a bottle of cheapest vinegar into the loo just before I go out to work, and leave it until I get back, then flush the loo and with the brush give it a quick scrub - no limescale at all.

martindow

Probably the best place to put cola!

Gingham_Ribbon

There are a few threads on cola in the loo around. It's not uncommon for it to stain as there are colourings etc in it. Queenie has been warning people about this for a while. I think the idea was that it was an okay occasional way of getting rid of stale cola, but I don't think leaving it for a while is a good idea for this reason.

I'll have a look for some of the other threads.

Gingham_Ribbon

Here's one about cleaning the loo to be going on with.

SAP_Saver

I heard at school that they used cola to clean blood off the roads after car accidents... assumed it was an old wives tale... funny though!

Elixir

I live in a soft water area so dont have a limescale problem, so might just use those baby steralising tablets. But arnt they just as expensive as cheap loo cleaner?